Pope Francis passed away on Monday morning due to a stroke that led to a coma and irreversible heart failure, according to the death certificate released by the Vatican.
The 88-year-old head of the Catholic Church died at 7:35 a.m. (0535 GMT) in his apartment at the Santa Marta residence within the Vatican, nearly a month after being discharged from a five-week hospital stay where he had battled severe pneumonia.
The certificate stated that the Pope died as a result of a cerebral stroke, coma, and irreversible cardiocirculatory collapse.
Additionally, it was revealed that Pope Francis had a history of arterial hypertension, multiple bronchiectasis, and Type 2 diabetes—an illness that had not been publicly disclosed before.
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